(p. 126) āryābarta upper or northern India where the ancient Aryans settled. 17)

(p. 99) ākhāmbā uncouthly tall and thick as a pillar. 50)

(p. 126) ālōhita slightly red, reddish. 101)

(p. 126) āśaraphi a gold coin. 114)

(p. 107) ādā ginger. আদাজল খেয়ে লাগা v. to engage in something doggedly. আদায় কাঁচকলায় adv. at daggers drawn. আদার ব্যাপারীর জাহাজের খবরে কাজ কী an ordinary man should not meddle in big affairs. 60)

(p. 125) ārjaba straightness; upright or vertical position; straightforwardness; candour; uprightness; honesty.

(p. 106) āḍ়ṣa5 squint, oblique (আড় চোখ); half (আড়পাগলা). আড় ভাঙা v. to straighten. আড় হওয়া v. to lie down obliquely; to recline. ̃চোখে চাহনি, ̃চাহনি sidelong look or glance. ̃বাঁশি n. a kind of flute usu. made of bamboo or reed. ̃ভাবে adv. crosswise; obliquely. ̃মোড়া, আড়ামোড়া n. straightening or stretching one's body and removing inertia or lethargy or weariness. 13)

(p. 126) ālīḍh় licked; tasted. n. a posture (adopted esp. whilst shooting an arrow) with a knee folded in the front and the other stretched out behind, (cp.) a crouchant position. 68)

(p. 95) āibaḍ়, āibuḍ়ō unmarried. আইবুড়োভাত n. the ceremony of taking the last meal by a Hindu bride or bridegroom on the night immediately preceding their wedding-day. আইবুড়ো মেয়ে a woman who remains single after the conventional age for marrying, a spinster. 8)

(p. 104) āñjani a sty or stye on the eyelid; a small lizard akin to the iguana. 39)

(p. 107) āduḍ় uncovered bare; naked, unclothed; undressed; untied. ̃-গা n. bare body. ̃চুলি a. fem. one whose hair is undressed or untied or dishevelled; a woman having no veil over her head. 74)

(p. 122) āmāśaẏa dysentery; the part of the belly in which mucus collects. 12)

(p. 114) ānumānika inferential; probable; (loos.) approximate. 33)

(p. 99) ākhaḍ়ā a gymnasium; a place or institution where people assemble to practise anything esp. music, play-acting, etc.; a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship; (facet.) a club or society; (dero.) a haunt of vice, a den. ̃ই n. dramatic rehearsal. ̃ধারী n. the headman or the keeper of a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship. 45)

(p. 133) āsēcana watering or wetting thoroughly. 13)